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Cell Structure and Function
Agre and cells
in the news
Cells
• Smallest living unit
• Most are microscopic
Discovery of Cells
• Robert Hooke (mid-1600s)
• Observed sliver of cork
• Saw “row of empty boxes”
• Coined the term cell
Cell theory
• (1839)Theodor Schwann & Matthias Schleiden
“ all living things are made of cells”
• (50 yrs. later) Rudolf Virchow
“all cells come from cells”
Principles of Cell Theory
• All living things are made of cells
• Smallest living unit of structure and function
of all organisms is the cell
• All cells arise from preexisting cells
(this principle discarded the idea of
spontaneous generation)
Cell Size
Cells Have Large Surface
Area-to-Volume Ratio
Characteristics of All Cells
• A surrounding membrane
• Protoplasm – cell contents in thick fluid
• Organelles – structures for cell function
• Control center with DNA
Cell Types
• Prokaryotic
• Eukaryotic
Prokaryotic Cells
• First cell type on earth
• Cell type of Bacteria and Archaea
Prokaryotic Cells
• No membrane bound nucleus
• Nucleoid = region of DNA concentration
• Organelles not bound by membranes
Eukaryotic Cells
• Nucleus bound by membrane
• Include fungi, protists, plant, and
animal cells
• Possess many organelles
Protozoan
Representative Animal Cell
Representative Plant Cell
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